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Witchfinder general : Matthew Hopkins / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screenplay by Tom Baker and Michael Reeves ; produced by Louis M. Heyward, Philip Waddilove, Arnold Miller ; directed by Michael Reeves.

Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Witch hunting -- England -- Drama.

Superstition -- Religious aspects -- Drama.

Revenge -- Drama.

England -- Drama.

MGM presents Midnite movies.

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Witchfinder general (Motion picture)

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screenplay by Tom Baker and Michael Reeves ; produced by Louis M. Heyward, Philip Waddilove, Arnold Miller ; directed by Michael Reeves.

MGM presents Midnite movies.

Musically edited version.

Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Copyright notice date::

1 videodisc (87 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

As the English Civil War rages, witch hunter Matthew Hopkins and his sadistic assistant John Stearne travel from town to town identifying, torturing and killing alleged witches and being paid well for their services. Hopkins' persecution and murder of a priest and sexual blackmail of the priest's niece Sarah leads young Parliamentarian soldier Richard Marshall, Sarah's fiancé, to swear vengeance against him.

Based on the novel "Witchfinder general" by Ronald Bassett.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.

Special features: "Witchfinder general: Michael Reeves' horror classic" featurette; audio commentary with producer Philip Waddilove and actor Ian Ogilvy.

In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

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Title on disc label: Edgar Allan Poe's witchfinder general

Also known as: Matthew Hopkins, witchfinder general

Also known as: Conqueror worm

Photography, John Coquillon ; editor, Howard Lanning ; music, Paul Ferris.

Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Wilfred Brambell, Robert Russell, Nicky Henson, Hilary Dwyer, Patrick Wymark.

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DVD, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer; NTSC.

Not rated by MPAA, Canadian home video rating PG.

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This DVD is copy protected.

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Reeves, Michael, 1943-1969, screenwriter, film director.

Heyward, Louis M. (Louis Mortimere), 1920-2002, film producer.

Waddilove, Philip, film producer.

Price, Vincent, 1911-1993, actor.

Ogilvy, Ian, 1943- actor.

Davies, Rupert, 1916-1976, actor.

Brambell, Wilfrid, 1912-1985, actor.

Henson, Nicky, actor.

Heath, Hilary, actor.

Wymark, Patrick, 1926-1970, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work) Bassett, Ronald. Witchfinder general.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

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